The Pariah Crusade or Nephilim War is a campaign of the Psychic Awakening and Indomitus Crusade. While initially a standard Imperial expedition to investigate the fate of the Nephilim Sector, it has since escalated into a four-way conflict involving Humanity, Chaos, and two differing Necron factions.
被遗弃者远征或拿非利战争是灵能觉醒和不屈远征的一场战役。虽然最初是一次标准的帝国远征，旨在调查拿非利星区的命运，但后来升级为一场涉及人类、混沌和两个不同的亡灵派系的四方冲突。
The Necrons rise 死灵崛起
Conflict:Psychic Awakening/Indomitus Crusade
冲突：灵能觉醒/不屈远征
Date:~005.M42
日期：~005.M42
Location:Nephilim Sector
地点：拿非利星区
Outcome:Ongoing
结果：进行中
Combatants:Imperium/Necrons loyal to Szarekh; Necrons loyal to Imotekh/Chaos
作战人员：帝国/忠于斯扎拉克的死灵：忠于伊莫泰克的死灵/混沌
Commanders:Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman, Archmagos Belisarius Cawl, Fleetmaster Isaiah Khestrin, Fleetmaster Cassandra VanLeskus (KIA), Groupmaster Eloise Athagey (POW), Groupmaster Marran (MIA), Groupmaster Vikraen, Inquisitor Draxus (AWOL), Captain Vitrian Messinius, Tribune Colquan, Ephrael Stern, Marshal Reikert Arnulf (MIA), Marshal Kurtz, Captain Galeron, Lieutenant Horgek Stornvor (MIA), Canoness Gracia Emmanuelle (KIA), Magos Einvahld Veridian, Magos Ghelf (KIA), Magos Behzt Oradi/Silent King Szarekh, Hapthatra the Radiant, Illuminor Szeras, Orikan the Diviner, Phaeron Shemvokh (WIA), Phaeron Nektarrik, Phaeron Vordreska, Overlord Neshkafar, Overlord Khutmecc, Lord Karifar Lakshmet, Lord Khepra'nek, Lord Menhotok, Nemesor Uthmek; Imotekh the Stormlord/Vashtorr the Arkifane, Lord Draix, Dark Apostle Zakkis Armon, Lord Suleyman Khefre, Fabius Bile
指挥官：领主指挥官罗伯特·基里曼，大贤者贝利撒留·考尔，舰队司令以赛亚·凯斯特琳，舰队司令卡桑德拉·凡·莱斯库斯（KIA），集群司令埃洛伊斯·阿塔吉（POW），集群司令马兰（MIA），集群司令维克莱恩，审判官德拉克斯（AWOL），连长维特里安·梅西尼乌斯，保民官柯肯，埃弗雷尔·斯特恩，元帅赖克特·阿尔努夫（MIA），元帅库尔茨，连长加勒隆，副官霍尔格克·斯托恩沃（MIA），大修女格拉西娅·埃玛纽埃尔（KIA），贤者艾因瓦尔德·维里迪安，贤者格尔夫（KIA），贤者贝赫特·奥拉迪/寂静王斯扎拉克，光辉者哈普塔拉，启明者泽拉斯，占星者欧瑞坎，法皇舍姆沃克（WIA），法皇内克塔里克，法皇沃尔德雷斯卡，霸主内什卡法尔，霸主库特梅克，领主卡里法·拉克什梅特，领主凯普拉'内克，领主蒙霍托克，内梅索尔·乌特梅克；风暴王伊莫泰克/造物者瓦什托尔，领主德雷克斯，黑暗使徒扎基斯·阿蒙，领主苏莱曼·凯夫雷，法比乌斯·拜尔
Strength:Elements from Fleet Primus and Fleet Tertius including: Battle Group Orphaeus, Battle Group Kallides, Battle Group Hephaestus, Battle Group Iolus/Szarekhan Dynasty and allies including: Oruskh Dynasty, Nihilakh Dynasty, Novokh Dynasty, Thokt Dynasty; Sautekh Dynasty and allies/Cult of the Arkifane, Soul Eaters, Word Bearers, Thousand Sons, Creations of Bile, Flawless Host, Other Allied Chaos Space Marines, Allied Dark Mechanicus
力量：第一和第三舰队的成员包括：俄耳甫斯战斗群、卡利德斯战斗群、赫菲斯托斯战斗群、伊奥劳斯战斗群/斯扎拉坎王朝及其盟友包括：奥鲁斯赫王朝、尼希拉赫王朝、诺沃赫王朝、托克特王朝；索泰克王朝及其盟友/造物者教派，吞魂者，吞世者，千子，拜尔造物，无暇之主，其他盟友混沌星际战士，盟友黑暗机械教
Losses/Survivors:Heavy, Battle Groups Kallides and Orphaeus largely annihilated/Unknown, presumably heavy
损失/幸存者：沉重，卡利德斯和俄耳甫斯战斗群基本被歼灭/未知，推测沉重
Overview 概述
Initial Imperial Expedition 首次帝国远征
Prelude 序曲
Shortly after his Return to Terra, the reborn Roboute Guilliman learned of the beginnings of what would become the Necron Pariah Nexus. Advised by Belisarius Cawl as to the scale of the threat, Guilliman decided to first investigate the extent of the Necron network and then launch an expedition to destroy it. A great council of war including representatives from all major Imperial factions was held aboard the Dawn of Fire where Guilliman outlined his strategy. During the council Guilliman declared that Battle Group Kallides was dispatched to first conduct a reconnaissance-in-force of the Nephilim Sector and investigate the threat. Commanded by Groupmaster Kaspar Marius Todoric Marran, the Imperial forces consisted of Imperial Guard, Imperial Navy, Mechanicum, House Terryn, House Mortan, Ultramarines, Black Templars, Sisters of Battle, and Legio Castigatum. Also present were Ordo Xenos detachments under Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus. Once this force had assessed the situation in the sector, Guilliman would personally lead Fleet Primus with support from Fleet Tertius to destroy the Pariah Nexus. Cawl outlined how destroying the Necron "keystone" Pylon at Mesmoch in the Zeidos System would severely disrupt the network. Unknown to most of the Imperials, Cawl's true target was Planet 7/2, with the attack on Mesmoch as well as a fleet incursion in the Paradyce System meant as a diversion to draw away the Necrons.
在重生的罗伯特·基里曼回到泰拉后不久，得知了后来成为死灵驱灵死域的开始。在贝利撒留·考尔关于威胁规模的建议下，基里曼决定首先调查司令网络的范围，然后发起一次远征来摧毁它。在黎明之火号上举行了一次包括所有主要帝国派系代表在内的大战争会议，基里曼在会议上概述了他的战略。在会议期间，基里曼宣布，卡利德斯战斗群被派遣首先对拿非利星区进行侦察，并调查威胁。帝国部队由集群司令卡斯帕·马里乌斯·托多里奇·马兰指挥，由帝国卫队、帝国海军、机械教、泰林家族、莫坦家族、极限战士、黑色圣堂、战斗修女和智控军团组成。出席会议的还有领主审判官凯莉娅·德拉克斯率领的攘外修会分遣队。一旦这支部队评估了该星区的局势，基里曼将亲自率领第一舰队在第三舰队的支援下摧毁驱灵死域。考尔概述了摧毁泽多斯星系中梅斯莫赫的死灵“钥石”方尖碑将如何严重破坏网络。大多数帝国人都不知道，考尔的真正目标是7/2行星，对梅斯莫赫进行攻击以及舰队入侵帕拉迪斯星系意味着转移注意力以吸引死灵。
The Pariah Nexus 驱灵死域
Moving into the Nephilim Sector, Battlegroup Kallides soon found the effects of the Pariah Nexus to be malign, with Imperial Guard forces that landed on worlds in the region often abandoning their posts, falling into panic, or simply becoming unresponsive. Space Marines and servants of the Omnissiah complained about headaches. Void-traffic was non-existent and communication all but impossible. Cities and worlds were found nearly entirely depopulated. The effects of the nexus only did not seem to effect the Adepta Sororitas. In time the Imperials dubbed this effect the "Stilling".
进入拿非利星区后，卡利德斯战斗群很快发现驱灵死域的影响是恶性的，登陆该地区世界的帝国卫队部队经常放弃阵地，陷入恐慌，或者只是变得没有反应。星际战士和欧姆尼赛亚的仆人抱怨头痛。虚空航行是不存在的，沟通几乎是不可能的。城市和世界几乎完全人口减少。死域的影响似乎并没有影响到修女会。随着时间的推移，帝国将这种影响称为“停滞”。
As Imperial forces pushed on, they were unaware that they were being observed by the Necrons under the command of the Cryptek Szeras.
随着帝国部队的推进，他们没有意识到自己正被墓穴技师泽拉斯指挥下的死灵观察到。
The Mesmoch Deception 梅斯莫赫骗局
The assault on the Zeidos System was conducted by Fleet Primus under Fleetmaster Isaiah Khestrin as Fleet Tertius Battle Group Iolus under Fleetmaster VanLeskus and Groupmaster Eloise Athagey moved towards the Paradyce System. VanLeskus was able to quickly destroy a Necron Cruiser through sheer numbers and land Sisters of Battle of the Order of the Argent Shroud under Canoness Gracia Emmanuelle and Frateris Militia under Shanni Saintsgift upon Paradyce II. Taking heavy losses to the Necrons, the Ecclesiarchy troops were able to mitigate some of the effects of the Pariah Nexus through sheer faith and zeal.
对泽多斯星系的攻击是由舰队司令以赛亚·凯斯特琳指挥的第一舰队进行的，当时舰队司令凡·莱斯库斯和舰队司令埃洛伊斯·阿塔吉指挥的第三舰队伊奥劳斯战斗群向帕拉迪斯星系移动。凡·莱斯库斯凭借其庞大的兵力迅速摧毁了一艘死灵巡洋舰，并在帕拉迪斯二号上登陆了格拉西娅·埃玛纽埃尔指挥的银白寿衣修会的战斗和珊妮·圣礼指挥的兄弟会民兵。国教部队给死灵带来了巨大的损失，他们能够通过纯粹的信仰和狂热来减轻驱灵死域的一些影响。
Despite the headway made by Imperial forces at Paradyce, Cawl's diversion had paid off and thus a massive fleet of Necron reinforcements arrived with a colossal Pylon Ship at its head. Athagey ordered a desperate retreat as she sought to personally engage the Necron pylon ship to buy the fleet time. Just as Fleetmaster VanLeskus' own flagship Precept Magnificat was destroyed by the superior Necron fleet, Athagay arrives and rammed her own vessel Saint Aster into the pylon ship and unleashed its torpedo compliment at point-blank range. This allows for a fraction of the Imperium fleet to escape as on the ground the Sisters and Frateris Militia fought to the end against the Necrons.
尽管帝国部队在帕拉迪斯取得了进展，考尔的改道取得了成效，因此，一支庞大的死灵增援舰队带着一艘巨大的方尖碑舰抵达。阿塔吉绝望的命令撤退，她试图亲自与死灵方尖碑舰交战，以争取舰队的时间。就在舰队司令凡·莱斯库斯自己的旗舰崇高戒律号被上级死灵舰队摧毁时，阿塔吉到达并将自己的战舰圣阿斯特号撞向方尖碑舰，并在近距离发射了鱼雷。这使得帝国舰队的一小部分得以逃脱，修女和兄弟会民兵在地面上与死灵战斗到底。
On Mesmoch, an Ultramarines Vanguard force discovered the towering Pylon wrought from Blackstone which was several miles in circumference as Guilliman ordered the world be subject to Exterminatus through mass orbital bombardment. The assault upon the Mesmoch Pylon went poorly from the start. Warp Drive failures and stilled crews meant that only two-thirds of the requested warships and troop transports reached Groupmaster Marran's mustering point in time. Many Imperial ships were destroyed by the time Marran's forces reached Mesmoch, either by the Necron warships or orbital defenses. Imperial carriers disgorged waves of infantry onto Mesmoch's surface. The Ultramarines. Black Templars, and Deathwatch led the attack, establishing beachheads to the north and east of the Pylon. Six entire Imperial Guard Regiments followed while the Warlord Titan Deus Redemptor was landed from orbit.
在梅斯莫赫，一支极限战士先锋部队发现了由黑石制成的高耸的方尖碑，周长几英里，因为基里曼下令通过大规模轨道轰炸将世界置于灭绝令之下。对梅斯莫赫的攻击从一开始就很糟糕。亚空间驱动器失效和船员的停滞意味着，只有三分之二的战舰和部队运输舰到达了集群司令马兰的集结点。当马兰的部队到达梅斯莫赫时，许多帝国舰船被死灵战舰或轨道防御摧毁。帝国航母将一波又一波的步兵投到梅斯莫赫的表面。极限战士，黑色圣堂和死亡守望领导了这次袭击，在方尖碑的北部和东部建立了滩头阵地。六个完整的帝国卫队兵团紧随其后，而军阀泰坦神救赎者从轨道上着陆。
Necron phalanxes marched out to oppose the attack as the Imperial Battleship Triumph unleashed an orbital bombardment on the Pylon itself. Despite a massive Lance attack, the pylon was undamaged due to Quantum Shielding. Ground attack thus became the only option to destroy the Pylon, but while the Space Marines had carved a path within a half-mile of the Pylon's base, the Imperial Guard were faltering due to its effects. The Necrons struck with Monoliths and Doomsday Arks at this weak point in the Imperial attack and damaged the Deus Redemptor. Only the Space Marines were able to prevent the defeat from becoming a full rout. Squad by squad they staged a fighting retreat, providing rearguard cover as Imperial forces limped back to their extraction zones. The Deathwatch Kill Teams Amaeus and Thannyr died to the last holding the Necrons back. A ferocious counterattack led by Marshal Ghehart of the Black Templars repulsed the Necron forces seeking to finish off the Deus Redemptor and saw horrible casualties on both sides. Evacuating Imperial transports were mauled by Doom Scythes and Tomb Blades. The attack on the Pylon had been a humiliating defeat.
当帝国战舰凯旋号对方尖碑本身进行轨道轰炸时，死灵方阵出动抵抗袭击。尽管发动了大规模光矛攻击，但由于量子盾，方尖碑没有受损。因此，地面攻击成为摧毁方尖碑的唯一选择，但当星际战士在方尖碑基座半英里范围内开辟了一条道路时，帝国卫队却因其影响而步履蹒跚。死灵在帝国进攻的这个薄弱环节用巨石和末日方舟发动攻击，并击伤了神救赎者。只有星际战士能够防止失败变成全面溃败。他们一小队一小队地进行战斗撤退，在帝国部队步履蹒跚地返回撤离区时提供后卫掩护。死亡守望杀戮小队阿玛尤斯和坦尼尔死在最后，阻止了死灵。由黑色圣堂元帅盖哈特领导的猛烈反击击退了试图消灭神救赎者的死灵部队，双方伤亡惨重。撤离的帝国运输舰被末日镰刀和墓穴之刃伤害。对方尖碑的攻击是一次耻辱性的失败。
By now, a massive fleet of Necron warships under Triarch and Szarekh's proxy Hapthatra the Radiant swept from the void to oppose the Imperial attack on Mesmoch, drawn by the Imperial deception. Speaking through Hapthatra, Szarekh demanded the Imperial surrender and proclaimed the galaxy as the Necron's domain. Guilliman unsurprisingly refused the Necron demands and ordered a fighting withdrawal aiming to keep the xenos occupied while Cawl completed his mission at Planet 7/2. It soon became apparent that the Necrons intended to capture, not destroy, the Imperials in hopes of perhaps gaining Guilliman. Ordering the evacuation of the Dawn of Fire, Guilliman stayed on board with a force of Custodes under Colquan to draw the Necron's attention. The Dawn of Fire was quickly disabled by the Necrons, who boarded the vessel with troops as Guilliman and his entourage finally begin to attempt to withdraw. Cato Sicarius, commander of the Victrix Guard, is able to destroy a Necron Lord to clear a path for Guilliman to flee as a gateway opens, revealing the Silent King Szarekh personally. Guilliman drew the Emperor's Sword and prepared for a fight, but was foiled by Illiyanne Natasé, who closed the portal and allowed the group to escape as the Dawn of Fire is destroyed.
到目前为止，在三圣和斯扎拉克的代理人光辉者哈普塔拉的带领下，一支庞大的死灵战舰舰队从虚空中席卷而来，对抗帝国对梅斯莫赫的攻击，被帝国的欺骗所吸引。通过哈普塔拉，斯扎拉克要求帝国投降，并宣布银河系为死灵的领地。基里曼毫不奇怪地拒绝了死灵的要求，并下令撤军，目的是在考尔完成他在7/2行星的任务时，让死灵继续占领。很快，很明显，死灵打算俘虏而不是摧毁帝国，希望也许能获得基里曼。基里曼命令撤离黎明之火号，他带着柯肯手下的一支禁军部队留在船上，以引起死灵的注意。黎明之火号很快就被死灵击残，当基里曼和他的随行人员终于开始试图撤退时，它们带着部队登上了这艘战舰。常胜卫队指挥官卡托·西卡留斯能够摧毁一位死灵领主，为基里曼的撤离扫清道路，因为大门打开，寂静王斯扎拉克亲自现身。基里曼拔出了帝皇之剑，准备战斗，但被伊莉安·纳塔瑟挫败，后者关闭了大门，让这群人在黎明之火被摧毁时逃脱。
Meanwhile, Cawl oversaw the true Imperial objective: accompanying White Consuls Captain Vitrian Messinius and 150 recently-christened White Consuls Greyshields to Planet 7/2 with cloaking devices. Landing via Drop Pod undetected to the surface, even the Space Marines were affected by the properties of the Nexus but nonetheless were able to move towards the central Necron control pyramid. Fighting their way inside the pyramid against swarms of Canoptek Constructs, Cawl personally interfaced with the pyramid in a bid to shut down the local pylon network and flood it with dataphages. Cawl was eventually successful in completing his task as the Space Marines took heavy casualties, but the pariah veil lifted across Imperial forces in the region. Cawl revealed that the pyramid was actually a Pharos device, and used it to teleport himself and the surviving Space Marines to their nearby Strike Cruiser. Cawl's mission had been successful in disrupting the Nexus, but the losses to the Imperials at Mesmoch and Paradyce had been devastating.
与此同时，考尔监督了帝国的真正目标：用隐形装置陪同白色执政官连长维特里安·梅西尼乌斯和150名最近被成为白色执政官的灰盾的人前往7/2行星。通过空投舱着陆，未被探测到表面，即使是星际战士也受到了死域特性的影响，但仍然能够向中央死灵控制的金字塔移动。考尔在金字塔内与成群的冥工构造体作战，亲自与金字塔对接，试图关闭当地的方尖碑网络，并用数据噬菌体淹没它。考尔最终成功地完成了任务，因为星际战士伤亡惨重，但该地区的帝国军队却蒙上了被遗弃者的帷幕。考尔透露，金字塔实际上是一个灯塔装置，并用它将自己和幸存的星际战士传送到附近的打击巡洋舰。考尔的任务成功地干扰了死域，但帝国在梅斯莫赫和帕拉迪斯的损失是毁灭性的。
Vie Almus Majoria Counterpush 神圣大道反击
In the wake of the disaster at Mesmoch. Battle Group Kallides reeled as it attempted to investigate the Pariah Nexus. Battle Group Kallides, lead by Field Marshal Bigelis Thao, struggled to gain a foothold on the world of Vie Almus Majora, with a disastrous initial defeat at the Battle of Ishlarn Thermokarst, wherein 20 armoured regiments and 10 Infantry Regiments were encircled and nearly destroyed - these regiments included; Chancyllian Ironclads, Gabikhan Thunderers, Pteroni Highryders, and the Gelzoan Light Infantry. Imperial forces were eventually pushed back over a number of months to a small region. Only after the victory on Cherist, and the realisation that Faith could prevent the Stilling, did the Counterpush begin to succeed. The Marshal's plan for a counterattack won approval from the supporting Darkspires, Sons of Orar, and Harrowers Chapters. A breakout, assisted by Space Marines lighting strikes, was successful.
在梅斯莫赫发生灾难之后。卡利德斯战斗群在试图调查驱灵死域时步履蹒跚。由陆军元帅比杰伦斯·塔奥领导的卡利德斯战斗群努力在神圣大道世界站稳脚跟，在伊什拉恩·瑟莫卡斯特之战中惨败，其中20个装甲兵团和10个步兵团被包围并几乎被摧毁，这些兵团包括；昌西莲铁甲军、加比汗雷霆军、普特罗尼高骑士和格尔佐安轻步兵。帝国部队最终在几个月内被推回一个小地区。只有在切里斯特的胜利，并意识到信仰可以防止停滞之后，反击才开始取得成功。元帅的反击计划获得了黑暗尖塔、奥拉尔之子和苦痛者战团的支援批准。在星际战士闪电打击的协助下，突破取得了成功。
Kalliphor Engagement 卡利普尔交战
The battles for, around, and on, Kalliphor were so brutal and disastrous that the losses shaped the rest of the Pariah Nexus Campaign. Losses included 30-40 Million Dead, or Stilled. 373 starships of the Imperial Fleet and their crews were lost, including the Naval vessels His Imperial Majesty, and His Divine Purpose.
围绕卡利普尔的战斗是如此残酷和灾难性，以至于损失塑造了驱灵死域战役的其余部分。损失包括3000万至4000万人死亡或停滞。帝国舰队的373艘星舰及其船员失踪，其中包括海军战舰帝皇陛下号和他的神圣使命号。
Events resulting in such casualties include the deaths of 2 million men and women of the Kalliphorian Free Companies in the bunkers beneath the Glastojun Mountains due to assault by tens of thousands of Flayed Ones.
造成此类伤亡的事件包括，由于数万名剥皮者的袭击，卡利波里安自由连队的200万名男女在格拉斯托金山脉下的掩体中死亡。
Alongside the many deaths, there were great victories. These include: The Charge of the Heskian Light Dragoons, and the Siege of Traanaxis Hive, where the ratlings of the 337th Abhuman Auxiliaries allegedly assassinated hundred of high-ranking Necrons - holding the Hive long enough for the Heskian Light Dragoons to relieve them.
除了许多死亡，还有伟大的胜利。其中包括：赫斯基安轻龙骑兵的冲锋，以及特拉纳西斯巢都的围攻，据称第337亚人辅助军的莱特林暗杀了数百名高级死灵，他们控制巢都的时间足以让赫斯基安轻龙骑兵解救他们。
The sabotaging actions of the Haephosian Tritons resulted in the collapse of a Tomb Complex into the Tranzpasian Ocean, preventing the 78th Division of the Aeronautica Imperialis - the 'Fire Jackals' - from being overwhelmed by the Necron air/space forces deployed from the complex.
海弗西亚海神军的破坏行动导致一个墓穴群坍塌到特兰兹普西亚洋中，阻止了帝国空航第78师-“火焰豺狼”-被从该建筑群部署的死灵空中/太空部队压倒。
Battle of the Gates 门之战
As Imperial forces faced collapse, Groupmaster Marran mobilized his reserves and tried to recall the more far-flung of his task forces; however, due to the effects of the Pariah Nexus, Astropathic communication were largely ineffective. Faced with this, he deployed swift messenger ships but there was doubt over whether Navigators could guide the ships to their destinations due to the warp nullification field of the region. On Paradyce IV and Kalliphor Imperial forces suffered further defeats at the hands of the Necrons. Amidst the panic, the Sister of Battle Ephrael Stern came before Groupmaster Marran. The Daemonifuge requested a chance to restore Imperial spirits by leading a counterattack. Stern chose the world of Cherist, a major Necron transportation hub based around three Dolmen Gates as her target. Marran put his faith in Stern and approved the plan.
当帝国部队面临崩溃时，集群司令马兰动员了他的预备队，并试图召回更遥远的特遣部队；然而，由于驱灵死域的影响，星语的沟通在很大程度上是无效的。面对这种情况，他部署了快速信使舰，但由于该地区的亚空间无效立场，人们怀疑导航者能否引导这些舰船到达目的地。在帕拉迪斯四号和卡利弗尔，帝国部队在死灵手中遭受了进一步的失败。在一片恐慌中，战斗修女埃弗雷尔·斯特恩来到了集群司令马兰面前。除魔者要求有机会通过领导反击来恢复帝国士气。斯特恩选择了切里斯特世界作为她的目标，切里斯特是一个主要的死灵交通枢纽，围绕着三个墓石之门。马兰信任斯特恩并批准了该计划。
The Imperials found Cherist to be a vicious Ice World, though the climate effected the Necrons little. Yet the Imperials did not balk and forces from the Order of Our Martyred Lady and the Order of the Bloody Rose swept down onto the planet from Invasion Cathedrums. Stern herself led the invasion against the Dolmen Gates complex located at Cherist's south pole. They were supported by Imperial Guard and Knights of House Mortan. Due to Quantum Shielding, orbital bombardment was impossible and the only viable route for the Imperials was up a wide valley dotted with destroyed Human structures. The Imperial attack began with a ferocious barrage from the Invasion Cathedrums. Unshielded Necron structures were pummelled into ruin but thanks to their quantum shielding the core structures remained unharmed. The Necrons themselves responded with salvos of weapons Pylons which destroyed one of the landing craft of House Mortan.
帝国发现切里斯特是一个残酷的冰雪世界，尽管气候对死灵的影响很小。然而，帝国并没有退缩，我们的殉教女士修会和鲜血玫瑰修会的军队从入侵大教堂席卷而来。斯特恩亲自领导了对位于切里斯特南极的墓石之门建筑群的入侵。他们得到了帝国卫队和莫坦家族骑士的支持。由于量子盾，轨道轰炸是不可能的，帝国唯一可行的路线是沿着一个散布着被摧毁的人类建筑的宽阔山谷前进。帝国的进攻始于入侵大教堂的猛烈炮击。没有护盾的死灵建筑被摧毁，但由于它们的量子盾，核心结构没有受到伤害。死灵用武器齐射，摧毁了莫坦家族的一艘登陆舰。
The Imperial forces were able to establish a beachhead under heavy fire. The Sororitas Invasion Cathedrums unleashed two dozen squads of Seraphim and Zephyrim. Meanwhile Stern herself descended from dropships and marched at the head of more than 2,000 Sisters. They advanced into the ice shard storms under ferocious fire alongside several thousand Guardsmen and supporting tanks. However Phaeron Shemvokh of the Nihilakh Dynasty was unconcerned and organized a counterattack down the valley aboard his Catacomb Command Barge. As Necron Warriors marched forward, Tomb Blades rained death down onto Imperial tanks and artillery. Heavier Necron war engines drifted in their wake, annihilating entire squads of Guardsmen and Battle Sisters. Phaeron Shemvokh and his Lychguard intended to lead their own attack to split the Imperial lines in two.
帝国部队在猛烈的炮火下建立了滩头阵地。修女会入侵大教堂释放了二十多支炽天使和风天使小队。与此同时，斯特恩本人从空降舰上下来，率领2000多名修女行军。她们在猛烈的炮火下，与数千名卫队和支援坦克一起进入了冰碎片风暴。然而，尼希拉赫王朝的法皇舍姆沃克并不在意，他乘坐他的地下墓穴指挥驳船在山谷中组织了一次反击。当死灵战士前进时，墓穴之刃将死亡倾泻到帝国坦克和火炮上。更重的死灵战争引擎在他们身后漂移，摧毁了整个卫队和战斗修女小队。法皇舍姆沃克和他的巫妖卫队打算领导自己的进攻，将帝国的战线一分为二。
Stern for her part was assured that Kyganil would bring the might of the Ynnari to aid the Imperials. Yet to her horror it was not Eldar who emerged from a nearby Webway Portal but rather Necron reinforcements. Yet it was at this moment that the centermost Dolem Gate exploded thanks to the efforts of the Seraphim and Zephyrim. The act improved Imperial morale and Stern redoubled her efforts. Stern was able to unleash her full power, transforming fully into the Daemonifuge. The Necrons were shocked, as the Pariah Nexus should have suppressed such warp activity. Yet he was ignorant that this power was motivated by pure faith, not Warp-spawned energy. Imperial Knights stormed down from the high ground to hit the Necrons from both sides while at the same moment Stern swept down upon Phaeron Shemvokh. The duel that erupted was ferocious, but ultimately Shemvokh and his Lychguard could not hold back Stern's fury. One by one the Lychguard fell and in the last moment Shemvokh's Barge was blasted from the sky, reducing his body to wreckage. The fighting raged on for another hour, but the outcome was clear. By the time the last of the Dolmen Gates was smashed the Necron defenders were in tatters.
斯特恩得到保证，基加尼尔将带来死神军的力量来帮助帝国。然而，令她震惊的是，从附近的网道传送门中出来的不是灵族，而是死灵的增援部队。然而，正是在这一刻，由于炽天使和风天使的努力，最中心的墓石之门爆炸了。该行动提高了帝国的士气，斯特恩加倍努力。斯特恩能够释放出她的全部力量，完全转变为除魔者。死灵感到震惊，因为驱灵死域本应抑制这种亚空间活动。然而，他并不知道这种力量是由纯粹的信仰驱动的，而不是由亚空间产生的能量。帝国骑士从高地冲下来，从两边袭击了死灵，而与此同时，斯特恩横扫了法皇舍姆沃克。爆发的决斗非常激烈，但最终舍姆沃赫和他的巫妖卫队无法抑制斯特恩的愤怒。巫妖卫队一个接一个地倒下了，在最后一刻，舍姆沃赫的驳船被炸飞，他的身体变成了残骸。战斗又持续了一个小时，但结果很明显。当最后一道墓石之门被摧毁时，死灵的守军已经支离破碎。
Tredica Expedition 特雷迪卡远征
Szeras was intrigued by the Human "miracle", studying its effects diligently. As Szeras and his Crypteks plied their science, the war raged on - the Vic Almnus Majora counterattack, the Death March on Paradyce II, the Battle of Vorlian Wash - each conflict saw the Imperial forces resurgent. The effects of the Pariah Nexus started to lessen due to the Imperial power of faith. Yet the Imperials had yet to destroy a single Pylon and were no closer to understanding the Nexus' purpose. They were simply holding the Necrons at bay. It fell to Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus to rectify this. Draxus settled upon the Tredica System as her target. Located deep within the Nexus, it had been scouted by a squad of Tempestus Scions. The survivors brought with them a trove of information and details of the interiors of several Necron Tombs. Identify the most significant structure in the Nexus yet encountered, Draxus wished to plunder its secrets. Draxus hand-piked her expedition, designated Task Force XIV. It was comprised of Deathwatch, Black Templars, Sisters of Battle, Tempestus Scions, and a conclave of Tech-Priests from Stygies VIII. They would go to Tredica, not to destroy the Pylon but rather to gain intelligence.
泽拉斯对人类的“奇迹”很感兴趣，努力研究它的影响。随着泽拉斯和他的墓穴技师运用他们的科学，战争继续肆虐 — 神圣大道反击反击、帕拉迪斯二号的死亡行军、沃利亚恩·沃什之战 — 每一场冲突都见证了帝国部队的复兴。由于帝国的信仰力量，驱灵死域的影响开始减弱。然而，帝国还没有摧毁一座方尖碑，也没有更接近理解死域的目的。他们只是把死灵拒之门外。领主审判官凯莉娅·德拉克斯负责纠正这一点。德拉克斯决定将特雷迪卡星系作为她的目标。它位于死域深处，曾被一队暴风忠嗣侦察过。幸存者带来了大量信息和几个死灵墓穴内部的细节。确定死域中迄今为止遇到的最重要的结构，德拉克斯希望掠夺它的秘密。德拉克斯挑选她的远征，指定为第十四特遣部队。它由死亡守望、黑色圣堂、战斗修女、暴风忠嗣和黄泉八号的技术神甫秘会组成。他们会去特雷迪卡，不是为了摧毁方尖碑，而是为了获取情报。
In truth, the Tempestus Scion scouts had been allowed to escape by Szeras, who had implanted them with Mindshackle Scarabs. Yet at the same time Draxus had recognized the signs of Scarab influence and knew of the Necron trap. To counter this, she brought Epharel Stern with them as she was a force that the Necrons had yet been unable to counter.
事实上，暴风忠嗣侦察兵被泽拉斯允许逃跑，泽拉斯给他们植入了锁心圣甲虫。然而，与此同时，德拉克斯已经认识到了泽拉斯影响的迹象，并知道了死灵陷阱。为了应对这种情况，她带上了埃弗雷尔·斯特恩，因为她是一支死灵尚无法对抗的部队。
By the time Task Force XIV reached the Tredica System they had lost one of their ships to becalmed Warp tides and had fought several skirmishes with Necron forces. Regardless, they immediately swept into action. Marshal Kurtz of the Black Templars led a divisionary raid against the world of Tredica Decitor while a combined strike of Battle Sisters and Tempestus Scions fell upon the xenos platforms orbiting Tredica Fortis. Draxus led her own force in the true strike at the former prosperous Hive World of Tredica Ardaxis. This was the largest of the three worlds slaved to the Necron void-obelisk initially encountered. It was this world that gave off the strongest energy signatures in the system, and from here that the scarab-enslaved Scions had "escaped". Three colossal Pylons rose from the planet's surface; one from the frozen night side, another from the scorched day side, and the third and largest from the hazy band of the planet's time-locked terminator. It was towards this pylon that Draxus' Inquisitorial Cruiser Paladin's Shadow moved.
当第十四特遣部队到达特雷迪卡星系时，他们已经失去了一艘船只，以平息亚空间潮汐，并与死灵部队发生了几次小规模战斗。不管怎样，他们立即采取了行动。黑色圣堂元帅库尔茨领导了一场针对特雷迪卡世界欺骗的分裂突袭，而战斗修女和暴风忠嗣的联合袭击则落在了围绕特雷迪卡堡垒运行的异型平台上。德拉克斯带领自己的部队对曾经繁荣的特雷迪卡·阿达克斯巢都世界进行了真正的打击。这是最初遇到的死灵虚空方尖碑所奴役的三个世界中最大的一个。正是这个世界发出了星系中最强的能量信号，被圣甲虫奴役的忠嗣从这里“逃脱”了。三座巨大的方尖碑从行星表面升起；一个来自寒夜一侧，另一个来自灼日一侧，第三个也是最大的一个来自行星的时间锁定的终结者的朦胧地带。德拉克斯的审判官巡洋舰圣骑之影正是朝着这个方尖碑移动的。
Thanks to the cruisers Eldar technology, it was able to approach seemingly undetected to the planet's orbit and unleash gunships down towards the tomb structures. There was no sign of the foe as the gunships touched down and delivered their compliment of Deathwatch Space Marines, Battle Sisters, and Tech-Priests. However as the gunships left, Szeras sprang his trap. Green Dolmen Gates opened up which disgorged flights of Doom Scythes and Night Scythes. The former shot through towards the retreating gunships while the Night Scythes launched strafing attacks on the Imperial forces. Next marched forward an elite force of Necron Immortals and Lychguard, Szeras at their head. Refusing the Crypteks order to surrender, Draxus immediately employed the knowledge she had gleaned from the Scions helm-vids in combination with forbidden knowledge provided by Xenarite Tech-Priests. Rather than panic as the Necrons expected, Draxus instead had her force smash through the Necron cordon towards the nearest teleportation gate.
多亏了灵族巡洋舰的技术，它能够看似不被发现地接近行星的轨道，并向墓穴群发射炮艇。当炮艇降落并向死亡守望星际战士、战斗修女和技术神甫致敬时，没有敌人的迹象。然而，当炮艇离开时，泽拉斯跳出了陷阱。绿色墓石之门打开，吐出了末日之镰和午夜之镰。前者向撤退的炮艇射击，而午夜之镰则对帝国部队发动扫射。接下来，由死灵不朽者和巫妖守卫组成的精英部队向前行进，泽拉斯在他们的头上。德拉克斯拒绝了墓穴技师投降的命令，立即将她从忠嗣头盔视频中收集到的知识与异务派技术神甫提供的禁忌知识相结合。德拉克斯并没有像死灵预期的那样惊慌失措，而是让她的部队冲破死灵封锁线，朝最近的传送门冲去。
Though they suffered heavy casualties, the Imperial forces were able to reach the gate and the Xenarite Priests Draxus had brought with her did their work to suborn its Machine Spirit. Before the Necrons could overrun the defenders the Tech-Priests prevailed and the Imperial forces suddenly vanished. Szeras turned from irritation to rage as the other portals exploded thanks to the efforts of the Deathwatch, foiling any pursuit. Within the gate, the Imperials found themselves deep within the Pylon's base. They sought the device the Xenarites described as Mnemetic Crystals which they could plunder for information. The Imperials had to fight through both Necron Warriors and Canoptek constructs with every step they took. With their numbers dwindling, Stern led them to their destination. Letting the Emperor guide her steps, the Daemonifuge led the way to a vast chamber in which immense stalactites and stalagmites of Necron machinery glowed. At its heart was a imprisoned C'tan Shard, powering the entire structure. The Imperial forces found the Necron crystals nearby and the Xenarites labored to extract knowledge from them.
尽管他们遭受了重大伤亡，但帝国部队还是能够到达门，德拉克斯带来的异务派神甫做了他们的工作，收买了它的机魂。在死灵能够击败防御者之前，技术神甫占了上风，帝国部队突然消失了。由于死亡守望的努力，其他传送门爆炸，挫败了任何追捕，泽拉斯从气恼变成了愤怒。在门内，帝国发现自己深入了方尖碑的基座。他们寻找异务派描述为记忆晶体的装置，他们可以掠夺这些装置以获取信息。帝国每走一步都必须通过与死灵战士和冥工构造体进行战斗。随着他们人数的减少，斯特恩带领他们到达了目的地。让帝皇指引她的脚步，除魔者领着她来到一个巨大的房间，里面有死灵机械生长巨大的钟乳石和石笋。它的核心是一个被囚禁的星神碎片，为整个建筑提供能源。帝国部队在附近发现了死灵水晶，异务派努力从中提取知识。
Wave upon wave of Necrons fell upon the shrinking Imperial cordon. Stern led the defense against seemingly endless waves of Necrons while Kyganil wove amongst their ranks. Szeras soon reappeared with an arsenal of Triarch Stalkers and Doomsday Arks in tow. The Sisters and Space Marines began to die to the last, taking as many enemies as they could with them. Yet it was at this moment that Draxus cried out in triumph, finally extracting what she sought from the Necron crystals though it had cost four of the priests lives. Upon realizing that the Imperials were surrounded and soon to be overrun, Draxus smashed the machinery holding the C'tan shard. The C'tan Shard exploded from its bindings, viciously exacting vengeance onto those who had bound it. The few surviving Imperials were able to use this as cover to escape from the structure. Szeras immediately forgot about the Human intruders, instead seeking to contain the enraged Star God. Amazingly enough, the apparently grateful C'tan teleported the Imperials to safety back into their orbiting ships. With what they sought acquired, the Imperials left orbit.
一波又一波的死灵落在不断缩小的帝国封锁线上。斯特恩领导了对看似无休止的死灵浪潮的防御，而基加尼尔则在他们的队伍中编织。泽拉斯很快又出现了，带着一个三圣追猎者和末日方舟的军械。修女和星际战士开始死到最后，带着尽可能多的敌人。然而，就在这一刻，德拉克斯喊道胜利，最终从死灵水晶中提取了她想要的东西，尽管这已经让四名神甫牺牲。在意识到帝国被包围并很快被肆虐后，德拉克斯砸碎了困着星神碎片的机器。星神碎片从束缚中爆炸，恶毒地报复那些束缚它的人。少数幸存的帝国人能够以此为掩护逃离这座建筑。泽拉斯立即忘记了人类入侵者，而是试图控制愤怒的星神。令人惊讶的是，显然心存感激的星神将帝国安全地传送回他们的轨道舰上。随着他们所寻求的东西被获得，帝国离开了轨道。
Arrival of the Silent King 寂静王的到来
After an extended period of fighting, the Silent King himself arrived on the Tomb World of Xendu to inspect progress on the Pariah Nexus as well as the defense against the Human. Szarekh was met by Szeras, other assembled Necron Overlords, and 3,000 Triarch Praetorians who offered him captured Human Blanks for experimentation. With Szarekh's arrival, the Necron armies that had been held back under Szeras were mobilized for a massive counteroffensive which involved millions of warriors. Szarekh appeared at the front of a number of these battles to repulse the Humans, offering his foes a chance to surrender but much to his grudging admiration never receiving such supplication.
经过长时间的战斗，寂静王亲自来到森杜的墓穴世界，检查驱灵死域的进展以及对人类的防御。斯扎拉克遇到了泽拉斯、其他聚集的死灵霸主和3000名三圣禁卫，他们向他提供了捕获的人类空白者进行实验。随着斯扎拉克的到来，被泽拉斯控制的死灵军队被动员起来，进行大规模的反攻，涉及数百万战士。斯扎拉克出现在许多这些战斗的前线，击退了人类，为他的敌人提供了投降的机会，但令他勉强钦佩的是，他从未收到过这样的恳求。
On Rorgaestis III, an army of Barghentine Plains-Rangers and Holassi Sky Commandos Imperial Guard attempted to breakout. The Silent King allowed some to eventually reach their landing craft and evacuate before unleashing five C'tan Shards and a massive force of Annihilation Barges and Canoptek Wraiths to annihilate them. At Bhorsis, he used Crypteks to unleash a trillion Scarabs, tearing apart the besieged Imperials. Meanwhile the Necron Overlord Karep'ta halted his advance on Bhorsis' moon in order to meet the challenge of a Space Marine Captain. This halt was met with Imperial counterattack, an insult to Karep'ta's honour duel that Szarekh reacted to furiously. After evacuating his own forces he deployed his personal warship Song of Oblivion in an attack which split the moon apart.
在罗盖斯提斯三号，巴尔根廷平原游骑兵和霍拉西天空突击队帝国卫队试图突围。寂静王允许一些人最终到达他们的登陆舰并撤离，然后释放了五枚星神碎片和一支庞大的歼灭驳船和冥工幽魂部队来消灭他们。在博里斯，他利用墓穴技师释放了一万亿圣甲虫，撕裂了被围困的帝国。与此同时，死灵霸王卡雷普'塔为了迎接星际战士连长的挑战，停止了在博里斯卫星上的前进。这一停顿遭到了帝国的反击，这是对卡雷普'塔荣誉决斗的侮辱，斯扎拉克对此反应激烈。在撤离自己的部队后，他部署了自己的个人战舰遗忘之歌号，发动了一次将卫星撕裂的攻击。
Meanwhile Phaeron Shemvokh was regenerating from his prior destruction, but enacted his will through lesser Necron Lords. His forces devastated an Imperial fleet at the Gebn Nebula before exterminating its Human population. Orikan the Diviner and his Crypteks led a mixed dynastic army of Szarekhan, Oruskh, and Urtep forces against a Sisters of Battle fortress at Vantis III.
与此同时，法皇舍姆沃赫正在从之前的毁灭中重生，但通过低级的死灵领主颁布了他的遗嘱。他的部队摧毁了吉本星云的帝国舰队，然后消灭了那里的人口。占星者欧瑞坎和他的墓穴技师领导了一支由斯扎拉坎、奥鲁斯赫和厄特普部队组成的混合王朝军队，对抗万提斯三号的战斗修女堡垒。
Despite many loyal vassals fighting for him, Szarekh also faced internal squabblings and agendas of the Necrons of the Nephilim Sector. Trazyn the Infinite revealed the location of the Necrons presence in a System by unleashing forces to kidnap the crew of a single Human ship for his own ends. This caused a bloody void battle that forced the loyal Overlord Neshkafar to sacrifice a portion of his fleet needlessly. The ruling Overlord of the Oruskh Dynasty withheld his legions while Oruskh Lord Karifar Lakshmet led 50,000 warriors as part of a struggle to gain favor with the Silent King. While the Smaller Dnyasties of the region such as the Phet'zesh, Uretp, and Mefhamnet often used the war as a stage to settle their own squabbles, with the Mefhamnet annexing neighboring dynasties territories. The Phet'zesh even clashed with the Nihilakh Dynasty legions loyal to the Silent King. Phaeron Vordreska was entirely fixated on getting revenge against Orks of the galactic southeast.
尽管有许多忠诚的战舰为他而战，但斯扎拉克也面临着拿非利星区死灵的内部争吵和议程。无限者塔拉辛通过释放力量绑架一艘人类飞船的船员来达到自己的目的，揭示了死灵在星系中的位置。这导致了一场血腥的虚空战，迫使忠诚的霸主内什卡法尔不必要地牺牲了他的一部分舰队。统治奥鲁斯赫王朝的霸主扣留了他的军团，而奥鲁斯赫领主卡里法·拉克什梅特领导了5万名战士，作为赢得寂静王青睐的努力的一部分。而该地区较小的王朝，如费特'泽什、厄特普和梅法姆内特，经常将战争作为解决自己争端的舞台，梅法姆内特吞并了邻近王朝的领土。费特'泽什甚至与忠于寂静王的尼希拉赫王朝军团发生冲突。法皇沃尔德雷斯卡一心想报复银河系东南部的欧克。
Imperial Counterattack and Reinforcements 帝国反击和增援
As the Silent King consolidated his forces in the Pariah Nexus, the Space Marines under Black Templars Marshal Reikert Arnulf and Imperial Fists Lieutenant Horgek Stornvor launched a counterattack despite advisors to Groupmaster Marran advocating a withdrawal. As the Imperials surged forward and scored many victories, Imperial psykers on Cherist enacted a psychic ritual that while seeing the death of many psykers resulted in a temporary breaking of the Pariah Nexus' effects on the world. Cherist was able to reestablish contact with Imperium Sanctus and there was a hope that reinforcements may be inbound.
当寂静王巩固了他在驱灵死域的部队时，尽管集群司令马兰的顾问主张撤军，但黑圣色圣堂元帅赖克特·阿尔努夫和帝国之拳副官霍尔格克·斯托恩沃领导的星际战士发动了反击。随着帝国向前冲去并取得了许多胜利，切里斯特上的帝国灵能者制定了一项灵能仪式，在造成许多灵能者死亡的同时，导致驱灵死域对世界的影响暂时中断。切里斯特能够重建与帝国圣疆的联系，并且有希望增援部队可能会到来。
As the Imperials scored several victories on Tredica, Ig, and Gornal, they nonetheless suffered exhaustion and supply shortages due to attrition while the effects of the Pariah Nexus took a toll on their mental strength. Soon enough, the Imperial attacks were blunted in the face of new Necron counterattacks the deeper they moved into the Pariah Nexus. Using their superior technology and immunity to the Pariah Nexus' effects, the Necrons were able to rapidly outmanoeuvre incoming Imperial forces and swiftly move forces to confront them. Despite this, the Imperium were not the only foes for the forces of the Silent King. Some rogue Necrons like Trazyn and Phaeron Vordeska were accused of pursuing their own agendas in the region.
尽管帝国在特雷迪卡、伊格和戈纳尔取得了几场胜利，但由于消耗，他们仍然感到疲惫和物资短缺，而驱灵死域的影响对他们的精神力造成了损害。很快，帝国的攻击在面对新的死灵反击时就减弱了，他们越深入驱灵死域。凭借其卓越的技术和对驱灵死域效果的免疫，死灵能够迅速击败来袭的帝国部队，并迅速调动部队与他们对抗。尽管如此，帝国并不是寂静王军队的唯一敌人。一些离群的死灵，如塔拉辛和法皇沃尔德雷斯卡，被指控在该地区推行自己的议程。
Soon enough, the Necrons had reversed most of the Imperial gains and were launching increasing attacks on the Argovon System, Zeta IIX Hespus, and Vertigus System. At the Myrtika System, Imperial forces were completely routed. Imperial defenders quickly found themselves isolated on their own garrison worlds, facing a steady siege of surging Necrons.
很快，死灵就逆转了帝国的大部分胜利，并对阿尔戈冯星系、泽塔八号赫斯普斯星系和维提戈斯星系发动了越来越多的攻击。在迈尔提卡星系中，帝国部队完全溃败。帝国守军很快发现自己被孤立在自己的驻军世界里，面临着汹涌的死灵的持续围攻。
As the war once again turned against the Imperium, reinforcements that had heard the message from Cherist arrive. Roboute Guilliman himself had received the report, and dispatched Battle Group Hephaestus of Indomitus Crusade Fleet Primus under Groupmaster Vikraen to reinforce the Nephilim Sector. This force was further augmented by Mechanicus forces led by Belisarius Cawl himself. Cawl utilized a number of technological innovations to circumvent the dangers of the Pariah Nexus, such as utilizing ancient Archaeotech and combining both psychic and technological. The Archmagos introduced the Noctilith Decree, which ordered that all captured Noctilith was to be used to assemble large devices of Cawl's own design dubbed Liminal Abraisers. Hauled by grav-tethers from ships, they utilized a warp-positive charge to counteract the warp-negative charge of the Necron Pylons and wear away the barrier of the Pariah Nexus' effects. No such precedent or record for the design of Liminal Abraisers existed, leading to much suspicion as to where Cawl had gotten the concept. To ensure rapid progress, enormous mobile ship-forges were set to accompany the fleet to assemble these devices. Cawl hoped to secure the region before Indomitus Crusade Fleet Primus under Guilliman himself arrived.
随着战争再次转向帝国，听到切里斯特信息的增援部队到达了。罗伯特·基里曼本人也收到了报告，并派遣集群司令维克莱恩领导的不屈远征第一舰队的赫菲斯托斯战斗群增援拿非利星区。贝利撒留·考尔亲自领导的机械教部队进一步增强了这支部队。考尔利用了许多技术创新来规避驱灵死域的危险，例如利用古代考古技术并将灵能和技术相结合。大贤者引入了夜石法令，该法令命令所有捕获的夜石都将用于组装考尔自己设计的大型装置，称为阈限激活。他们用反重力系绳从船上拖出，利用正亚空间来抵消死灵方尖碑的负亚空间，并磨损驱灵死域效果的阵列。阈限激活的设计没有这样的先例或记录，这导致人们从考尔从哪里得到这个概念产生了很多怀疑。为了确保快速进展，巨大的移动铸造舰将陪同舰队组装这些设备。考尔希望在基里曼亲自率领的不屈远征第一舰队抵达之前确保该地区的安全。
Despite all these precautions, the Imperials could not fully nullify the Pariah Nexus and thus many ships of Battlegroup Hephaestus were scattered upon entry into the Nephilim Sector. Many of these were under the command of rival Magi, who would pursue their own designs with regards to captured Blackstone and Necron technology as opposed to deferring to Cawl. Cawl had predicted this would become a problem, and different Mechanicum sects within Hephaestus soon began to schism and pursue wildly differing agendas, some of which went entirely against the goal to utilize Noctilith. While many Mechanicum forces sought out blackstone, the Space Marine, Sisters of Battle, and Imperial Guard contingents with Hephaestus sought out surviving Imperial garrisons to relieve and reinforce.
尽管采取了所有这些预防措施，帝国仍无法完全抵消驱灵死域，因此赫菲斯托斯战斗群的许多船只在进入拿非利星区时分散了。其中许多是在竞争的贤者的指挥下，他们在捕获的黑石和死灵技术方面追求自己的设计，而不是服从考尔。考尔预测这将成为一个问题，赫菲斯托斯内部的不同机械教派很快开始分裂，追求截然不同的议程，其中一些完全违背了利用夜石的目标。当许多机械教部队寻找黑石时，星际战士、战斗修女和赫菲斯托斯率领的帝国卫队特遣队寻找幸存的帝国驻军进行救援和增援。
Necron Schism 死灵分裂
Hephaestus elements under Magos first encountered large amounts of Imperial survivors on Paradyce. There, they found a mix of Imperial Guard and Ecclesiarchy elements battling besieging Necrons. The first act of the arriving Imperials was to drive away the Necron Tomb Ships in orbit, Psolt ordered that relief forces be sent to the surface to destroy the remaining xenos constructs. Similar actions repeated throughout the region, and all but the rescued Space Marines showed extreme exhaustion.
贤者普索尔特率领的赫菲斯托斯成员首先在帕拉迪斯遇到了大量帝国幸存者。在那里，他们发现了帝国卫队和国教成员正在与围攻的死灵作战。抵达的帝国的第一个行动是赶走轨道上的死灵墓穴舰，普索尔特命令派遣救援部队到地面摧毁剩余的异型建筑。类似的行动在整个地区反复发生，除了获救的星际战士外，所有人都表现出极度疲惫。
It was then, as the Imperials battled Necrons from various dynasties, that the forces of the Sautekh Dynasty under Imotekh the Stormlord struck. The Stormlord had long been apprehensive at the return of the Silent King. Imotekh considered the Necron machine-forms to be perfection, and opposed the Silent King's plans to reverse Biotransference. Thus, Imotekh sought to foil Szarekh's plans at their earliest phase. So it was that across the warzone of Hephaestus Necron forces engaging the Imperials would suddenly withdraw, sabotage others, and in some cases even turn on themselves as Sautekh and Sautekh loyalist armies made their move. Imperial commanders were beleaguered at this sudden development. At Vertigus II, Cawl himself was commanding Mechanicum, Iron Hands, and House Taranis forces against the Necrons when suddenly another Necron army arrived to ignore the Imperials and assault their own. Cawl was able to rapidly determine that a civil war had erupted amongst the Necron race as soon enough all the aliens on Vertigus II had been destroyed or disappeared.
就在那时，当帝国与各个王朝的死灵作战时，风暴王伊莫泰克领导的索特克王朝的军队发动了袭击。风暴王长期以来一直对寂静王的归来感到担忧。伊莫泰克认为死灵的机械形态是完美的，并反对寂静王逆转生体转化的计划。因此，伊莫泰克试图在斯扎拉克的计划最早阶段就加以挫败。因此，在赫菲斯托斯的战区，与帝国交战的死灵部队会突然撤退，破坏其他人，在某些情况下，甚至在索特克和忠于索特克的军队采取行动时转向自己。帝国指挥官被这一突然的事态发展所困扰。在维提戈斯二号，考尔本人正在指挥机械教、钢铁之手和塔兰尼斯家族的部队对抗死灵，突然另一支死灵军队到来，无视帝国，攻击他们自己的军队。考尔能够迅速确定，只要维提戈斯二号上的所有异型都被摧毁或消失，死灵种族之间就爆发了内战。
The Necron schism allowed the Imperials to contact most of the surviving elements of Battle Group Kallides within the Pariah Nexus. It was said that Groupmaster Marran himself had fallen during a desperate defensive action on Cherist, though his body was never recovered and he was posthumously declared a Imperial Saint. There was similarly no signs of Arnulf or Stornvor, though it was said that they had pushed through Necron lines and continued towards the heart of the Nephilim Sector. Whatever the case, command of Imperial forces within the Pariah Nexus effectively transferred to Cawl and Groupmaster Vikraen, who were able to establish a solid foothold throughout the northern Nephilim Sector. Despite this, the production of Cawl's Liminal Abraisers met with little success due to low noctilith harvesting quotas and Mechanicum division. It was then that Inquisitor Draxus reemerged, boarding the Zar-Quaesitor to meet with Cawl and reveal she had feigned her own retreat. Draxus was certain she now had the secret to bringing down the entire Pariah Nexus.
死灵分裂使帝国能够接触到驱灵死域内卡利德斯战斗群的大部分幸存成员。据说，集群司令马兰本人在对切里斯特的绝望防御行动中倒下了，尽管他的尸体从未被找到，他死后被宣布为帝国圣人。同样，也没有阿尔努夫或斯托恩沃的迹象，尽管据说他们已经穿过了死灵战线，继续向拿非利星区的中心前进。无论如何，驱灵死域内帝国军队的指挥权有效地转移到了考尔和集群司令维克莱恩，他们能够在整个拿非利星区北部建立稳固的立足点。尽管如此，由于夜石收获配额较低和机械教分歧，考尔的阈限激活的制造收效甚微。就在那时，审判官德拉克斯重新出现，登上探索者之王号与考尔会面，并透露她假装自己撤退了。德拉克斯确信她现在有了摧毁整个驱灵死域的秘密。
Silence and Storm 寂静与风暴
Szarekh quickly sought to utilize Orikan the Diviner to figure out Imotekh's next move, but the Diviner rebuked an audience and instead pursued his own agenda. Meanwhile, Imotekh's forces managed to capture three full systems in the northeastern Pariah Nexus while exhausting a Nephrekh Dynasty attack through attrition. He then used a Dolmen Gate to personally lead an attack on the distant Myrtika System. His target was the valuable world of Vergoyz Alphic, which hosted a significant Pylon cluster necessary to maintain the Pariah Nexus. Szarekh charged Nemesor Uthmek with repelling Imotekh's coming attack. The Silent King required absolute victory, not only for his designs on the Pariah Nexus but also to ensure more Dynasties do not flock to the Stormlord's banner.
斯扎拉克很快试图利用占星者欧瑞坎来找出伊莫泰克的下一步行动，但占星者斥责了觐见，转而追求自己的议程。与此同时，伊莫特克的部队设法占领了驱灵死域东北部的三个完整星系，同时通过消耗耗尽了涅菲莱克王朝的攻击。然后，他使用墓石之门亲自领导了对遥远的迈尔提卡星系的攻击。他的目标是有价值的韦尔戈伊兹·阿尔法克世界，那里有一个维护驱灵死域所必需的重要的方尖碑集群。斯扎拉克要求内梅索尔·乌特梅克击退伊莫泰克即将到来的进攻。寂静王需要绝对的胜利，这不仅是因为他对驱灵死域的设计，也是为了确保更多的王朝不会涌向风暴王的旗帜。
The sparse Imperial forces present on Vergoyz Alphic were quickly crushed between the two opposing alien armies, though the overall Imperial commander Magos Lundkest watched the battle safely afar in his command ship. It was at this point that a flotilla under Inquisitor Draxus arrived in-System, leading an elite host of Martian Skitarii and Deathwatch Space Marines. With Uthmek's forces bogged down fighting Imotekh's forces, only a sparse garrison remained in the Pylon complex. This was Draxus' target, and the Pylons were swiftly captured as her and Lundkest's reinforcements established a defensive perimeter around the complex. Uthmek's forces quickly turned face to meet the Imperials, and for his part Imotekh quickly retreated through the Dolmen Gate that he had opened. As the Imperials held the perimeter, Draxus and her entourage journeyed inside the Pylon complex and were able to cause the entire structure to begin to implode. Though much of the Imperial host managed to flee, Vergoyz Alphic suffered a devastating blast that wiped out most of Uthmek's remaining army. Draxus quickly disappeared after the engagement, her objective achieved.
尽管帝国总司令贤者伦德克斯特在他的指挥舰上远远地安全地观看了这场战斗，但韦尔戈伊兹·阿尔法克上稀疏的帝国军队很快就被两支敌对的异型军队压垮了。正是在这一点上，由审判官德拉克斯率领的一支舰队抵达了星系，带领着火星护教军和死亡守望星际战士的精英天军。由于乌特梅克的部队在与伊莫泰克的部队的战斗中陷入困境，在方尖碑建筑群中只剩下稀疏的驻军。这是德拉克斯的目标，当她和伦德克斯特的增援部队在建筑群周围建立防御圈时，方尖碑很快就被占领了。乌特梅克的部队迅速转身迎战帝国，伊莫泰克则迅速从他打开的墓石之门撤退。当帝国控制了周边地区时，德拉克斯和她的随行人员进入了方尖碑建筑群，并能够使整个建筑开始内爆。尽管大部分帝国天军设法逃离，但韦尔戈伊兹·阿尔法克遭受了毁灭性的爆炸，摧毁了乌特梅克剩下的大部分军队。德拉克斯在交战之后很快消失了，她的目标实现了。
Escalating War 不断升级的战争
While Draxus had achieved her objective, her actions represented a major escalation to the Pariah War. Until this moment, the Silent King had been content to treat these Human interlopers as a minor nuisance and even a degree of honor. However he now saw them as lacking any honor or respect due to their actions against the Pariah Nexus. The Silent King's full fury was unleashed and he vowed to annihilate every Human within the Nephilim Sector. Meanwhile, Cawl's fleet slowly attempted to build his Liminal Abraisers but found themselves compounded by the differing agendas within his own Mechanicum forces. Many of the Mechanicum Magi were searching the region for Archaeotech, discovering not only forbidden weaponry and even Ordinatus engines but also sinister technology with terms such as the Yoctoparticulate Crucible, Dvorel's Necrocastigatrix, and the Cyclophox Determination.
虽然德拉克斯已经实现了她的目标，但她的行动代表了被遗弃者战争的重大升级。直到这一刻，寂静王一直满足于把这些闯入者当作一个小麻烦，甚至是一种荣誉。然而，由于他们对驱灵死域的行为，他现在认为他们缺乏任何荣誉或尊重。寂静王的全部愤怒被释放出来，他发誓要消灭拿非利星区的每一个人。与此同时，考尔的舰队慢慢试图建造他的阈限激活，但发现自己被自己的机械教部队内部不同的议程所困扰。许多机械教贤者在该地区寻找考古技术，不仅发现了禁忌的武器，甚至发现了将军炮引擎，还发现了诸如幺科粒子熔炉、德沃雷尔的死灵惩戒者和环迅决断等险恶技术。
Mechanicum forces battle Necrons 机械教部队与死灵战斗
The Silent King's first act of this new extermination campaign was to order Phaeron Nektarrik of the Thokt Dynasty to assault the Lomorr System. Nektarrik's armies were further augmented by the technological horrors of a trio of Technomandrites known as the Eyes of the Void. Steering clear of Cherist's formidable defences, Nektarrik instead struck at the neighbouring world of Torantis. Unleashing a massive army of war engines, not even the Warlord Titan Dracos Apocalystor could stand before her. As the world was overrun, two aegis fleets under the Magos Oradi and Manipulus-Prime Behzt arrived to meet the Necrons. Oradi wielded an ancient weapon dubbed the Ark of Oblivion, which was fired like a missile from his flagship ExMachinus. The device exploded amidst the Necron fleet in orbit, unleashing a huge contramolecular shockwave which vibrated three Tomb Ships into slurry. While a considerable number of Imperials were caught in the crossfire, the weapon decisively turned the battle in the Imperium's favor.
寂静王在这场新的灭绝战役中的第一个行动是命令托克特王朝的法皇内克塔里克攻击洛莫尔星系。内克塔里克的军队因三个被称为虚空之眼的技术牧首的技术恐怖而进一步增强。内克塔里克避开了切里斯特的强大防御，转而攻击了邻近的托兰蒂斯世界。释放出一支庞大的战争引擎大军，即使是军阀泰坦天龙启示也无法站在她面前。当世界被征服时，由贤者奥拉迪和主随军神甫贝赫特率领的两支神盾舰队抵达，面对死灵。奥拉迪挥舞着一种被称为遗忘方舟的古老武器，它像导弹一样从他的旗舰极限机械号发射。该装置在轨道上的死灵舰队中爆炸，释放出巨大的反分子冲击波，使三艘墓穴舰振动成泥浆。虽然相当多的帝国军被困在交火中，但该武器决定性地使战斗对帝国有利。
Outraged by such reckless use of advanced weaponry, the Eyes of the Void unleashed their own terrible device in the form of a C'tan Shard of Iash'Uddra. Binding its fragments into thousands of Canoptek constructs, the ravening swarm overran several entire Imperial Guard regiments before sweeping down upon Behzt's landing parties. Utilizing the horror of the C'tan, the Canoptek Swarm reduced the Skitarii forces to fighting one another as their minds were fractured by the Endless Swarm. Vowing not to suffer the same fate as her soldiers, Behzt activated her own final hidden weapon of unknown origin. A dark orb crew around her landing party, then hundred of miles across Torantis' surface. Humans and Necrons alike died in the bubble, which consumed a full third of Torantis' mass along with countless billions. In its wake left a shattered world tumbling out of its orbit, denying the planet to both sides.
虚空之眼对如此鲁莽地使用先进武器感到愤怒，以亚什’乌德拉的星神碎片的形式释放了他们自己的可怕装置。将其碎片束缚成数千个冥工构造体，凶猛的虫群肆虐了几个完整的帝国卫队兵团，然后席卷了贝赫特的登陆队。利用星神的恐怖，冥工虫群减少了护教军部队让他们互相战斗，因为他们的思想被无尽的虫群撕裂了。贝赫特发誓不会遭受与她的士兵相同的命运，她激活了自己最后一件来源不明的隐藏武器。一个黑暗的球体群围绕着她的登陆队，然后穿越托兰蒂斯的表面数百英里。人类和死灵生物都死于这个气泡中，这个气泡吞噬了托兰蒂斯整整三分之一的质量，以及无数亿。在它之后，一个破碎的世界从它的轨道上滚了出来，双方都放弃了这个行星。
The nightmarish conclusion to the Torantian Campaign repeated in myriad forms across the Nephilim Sector. Apocalyptic reprisals and technological atrocities were unleashed by both sides in escalating insanity. On Thalcifer, Einvahld Veridian unleashed Mohrgar Fex's Hyper-Alembic upon the Oruskh Dynasty legions of Overlord Khutmecc. Necron and Imperial forces alike were both reduced to bubbling slime. In the Zann System, an Imperial push upon a voidborne Necron Pylon triggered a massive naval engagement which was thrown into chaos by a cabal of Szarekhan Dynasty Plasmancers. The Necron scientists bound a dwarf star and propelled it into the Imperial naval formations around the System with devastating consequences, killing billions within minutes. However thanks to the ramming sacrifice of the Chalice Cruiser Silence in Suffering, one of the stellar shackles containing the star's power was destroyed and the Zann Pylon was badly damaged. Cawl learned of the spreading madness soon enough, and issued an immediate decree that forbid the use of any recovered ancient weaponry without proper understanding and approval. However his orders were slow to spread, and many Magi ignored the decree even after they had received it.
托兰蒂斯战役的噩梦般的结局在拿非利星区以各种形式反复出现。双方都在不断升级的疯狂中发动了灾难性的报复和技术暴行。在塔尔西菲尔上，艾因瓦尔德·维里迪安释放了莫尔加·费克斯的超蒸馏器，攻击了奥鲁斯赫王朝的霸主库特梅克的军团。死灵和帝国部队都沦为沸腾的黏液。在赞恩星系中，帝国对虚空承载的死灵方尖碑的推进引发了一场大规模的海军交战，这场交战被斯扎拉坎王朝的离子技师阴谋集团陷入混乱。死灵的科学家们束缚了一颗白矮星，并将其推进到星系周围的帝国海军编队中，造成了毁灭性的后果，在几分钟内杀死了数十亿人。然而，由于圣杯巡洋舰苦难沉默号的撞击牺牲，一个包含恒星力量的恒星枷锁被摧毁，赞恩方尖碑严重受损。考尔很快就知道了疯狂的蔓延，并立即颁布法令，禁止在没有适当理解和批准的情况下使用任何回收的古代武器。然而，他的命令传播缓慢，许多贤者甚至在收到法令后也无视了法令。
The Silent King watched the developing war with disquiet. Imotekh was making steady gains in the north and eastern Nephilim Sector, while two full Pylons had been destroyed. His "waste" of ancient weaponry and setbacks further agitated his Technomandrites, whose discontent was becoming impossible to ignore. Szarekh knew he needed a clear decisive victory to improve his political and strategic position. To that end, he sought to advance on every Imperial-held system compromising Stornvor's fortress network. Szarekhan, Nihilakh, and Oruskh Dynasty armies intercepted far-ranging Imperial fleets and the Myrtika and Shen'Tai Systems were invaded once again. Crypteks were ordered to use their talents and arcane weapons to swiftly annihilate the Humans, regardless of the collateral cost. At Zeta IIX Hespus, Crypteks of the Nihilakh Dynasty unleashed ten full C'tan Shards in a single warzone. While some Necron warlords pursued their own agendas, only Imotekh's armies did not join the Silent King's new offensive.
寂静王不安地看着战争的发展。伊莫泰克在拿非利星区的北部和东部取得了稳步的进展，而两座完整的方尖碑已被摧毁。他对古代武器的“浪费”和挫折进一步激怒了他的技术牧首，他们的不满情绪变得不容忽视。斯扎拉克知道他需要一场明确的决定性胜利来改善他的政治和战略地位。为此，他试图推进每一个帝国控制的星系，破坏斯托恩沃的堡垒网络。斯扎拉坎、尼希拉赫和奥鲁斯赫王朝的军队拦截了远距离的帝国舰队，迈尔提卡和申'泰星系再次遭到入侵。墓穴技师被命令使用他们的天赋和神秘武器迅速消灭人类，而不管附带成本如何。在泽塔八号赫斯普斯，尼希拉赫王朝的墓穴技师在一个战区释放了十枚完整的星神碎片。虽然一些死灵军阀追求自己的议程，但只有伊莫泰克的军队没有加入寂静王的新攻势。
Chaos Strikes 混沌袭击
The Skahren Breach 斯卡伦破裂
While the new Necron attacks were highly coordinated, Imperial commanders often fought alone due to difficulties in communication. Cawl turned ever towards superweapons, while conventional Imperial Battlegroups were worn down by attrition and the effects of the Pariah Nexus. Matters finally came to a head in the Skahren System, where early in the campaign Battle Group Hephaestus under Dominus Ghelf had successfully driven back Necron forces. The Mechanicum had since set up giant mining engines on the Feral World of Santis-Magna to uncover Noctilith as part of Cawl's attempts to utilize it against the Necron Pylons. However the Imperials were compounded by a near-indestructible Necron Pylon nearby, which took an ever-escalating toll on the miners and soldiers below. To try and protect himself from the many malfunctions and ill-effects of the Pylon, Ghelf sequestered himself in his personal sanctum in the form of an ancient unidentified weapons complex dubbed Shivarik's Constellation.
虽然新的死灵攻击是高度协调的，但由于沟通困难，帝国指挥官经常独自作战。考尔逐渐转向超级武器，而传统的帝国战斗群则因消耗和驱灵死域的影响而疲惫不堪。斯卡伦星系的问题终于到了紧要关头，在战役早期，统御贤者格尔夫领导的赫菲斯托斯战斗群成功击退了死灵部队。此后，机械教在桑蒂斯·马格纳的蛮荒世界上建立了巨大的采矿引擎，以发现夜石，这是考尔试图利用它对抗死灵方尖碑的一部分。然而，附近一座几乎坚不可摧的死灵方尖碑使帝国更加恶化，这对下面的矿工和士兵造成了越来越大的伤亡。为了保护自己免受方尖碑的许多故障和不良影响，格尔夫以一个被称为希瓦里克的星座的古代不明武器建筑群的形式将自己隔离在自己的个人庇护所中。
It was into this context that a massive Necron invasion fleet appeared in the Skahren System. Boasting armies from the Szarekhan, Oruscar, and Nihilakh Dynasties, it was a terrifyingly powerful host sufficient to crush the Imperials several times over. Almost immediately, Strike Cruisers belonging to the Silver Templars and Hawk Lords powered out to meet the foremost enemy warships, but these were outflanked by a force of Necron vessels that immediately arrived in high orbit above Santis-Magna. These ships unleashed a punishing bombardment upon the planets surface, and while they took losses in the face of Imperial defenses they managed to land substantial amounts of Necron ground forces. As violence raged, the growingly paranoid Ghelf sought to unlock the truths of Shivarik's Constellation.
正是在这种背景下，斯卡伦星系出现了一支庞大的死灵入侵舰队。它拥有斯扎拉坎、奥鲁斯赫和尼希拉赫王朝的军队，是一个强大得可怕的天军，足以多次粉碎帝国。几乎立刻，属于银色圣堂和天鹰领主的打击巡洋舰出动，与最前面的敌方战舰交战，但这些战舰被一支立即抵达桑蒂斯·马格纳上空高轨的死灵舰队包抄。这些船只对行星表面进行了猛烈的轰炸，在帝国防御面前遭受损失的同时，他们设法降落了大量的死灵地面部队。随着暴力的肆虐，越来越偏执的格尔夫试图揭开希瓦里克的星座的真相。
Ghelf was convinced by deranged voices in his own mind to disable the complex's safety regulators, and deep in the void 25 satellites dating back to the Dark Age of Technology suddenly overcharged and prepared to fire. As Ghelf unleashed the ancient weapon, ships on both sides died with every volley of satellite fire. What followed next was a very rupture in reality as the satellites detonated one after another. Their feedback was so intense that even Ghelf's brain exploded within his personal sanctum, and a Warp Breach followed where the satellites once were. Through this breach came the dreaded Wyrmwood, commanded by the Daemon-Smith Vashtorr himself. In the wake of the Wyrmwood came a massive fleet of Chaos Space Marine and Dark Mechanicum vessels.
格尔夫被自己头脑中疯狂的声音说服，关闭了该建筑群的安全监管机构，在虚空深处，25颗可追溯到黑暗技术时代的卫星突然被过度充能并准备发射。当格尔夫释放这种古老的武器时，双方的船只都死于每一轮卫星火力。接下来，随着卫星一个接一个地引爆，现实中发生了很大的破裂。他们的反馈是如此强烈，以至于即使是格尔夫的大脑也在他的个人密室里爆炸了，卫星曾经所在的地方也发生了亚空间破裂。通过这次破裂，可怕的龙林星出现了，由恶魔铁匠瓦什托尔亲自指挥。在龙林星之后，出现了一支庞大的混沌星际战士和黑暗机械教战舰舰队。
After witnessing the death of Santis-Magna, Vashtorr set his sights on the region. Cawl viewed these new developments with frustration, further compounded by the fact that many of his own Magi continued to ignore his orders and pursue their own agendas. He could not help but wonder what Guilliman himself would think of the situation when he arrived. Szarekhan was forced to deal with yet another setback, and funneled new reinforcements towards these new warp-born foes. While the Imperial and Chaos armies did not know it, Szarekh had little political capital left to maintain an offensive posture and would soon be forced into a defensive position. Orikan had now appeared in the Silent King's inner circle, his mind apparently changed by some sort of new grim vision of the future.
在目睹了桑蒂斯·马格纳的死亡后，瓦什托尔将目光投向了该地区。考尔对这些新的事态发展感到沮丧，而他自己的许多贤者继续无视他的命令，追求自己的议程，这一事实更是加剧了这种沮丧。他不禁想知道，当基里曼到达时，他自己会怎么想。斯扎拉克被迫应对又一次挫折，并向这些新的亚空间诞生的敌人输送了新的增援部队。虽然帝国和混沌军队不知道，但斯扎拉克几乎没有政治资本来维持进攻态势，很快就会被迫进入防御姿态。欧瑞坎现在出现在寂静王的内环里，他的思想显然被某种新的严峻的未来幻象所改变。
New Arrivals 新到达者
While Abaddon is not personally involved in the Chaos invasion of the Pariah Nexus, he has nonetheless provided aid to Vashtorr in the form of the Soul Eaters, a Black Legion warband commanded by Draix. While ostensibly allies to Vashtorr, the Soul Eaters forces aboard the Wyrmwood are also acting as Abaddon's spies to monitor the Daemon. Additional aid to Vashtorr has arrived in the form of Word Bearers under Dark Apostle Zakkis Armon, who has ravaged the Ecclesiarchy-held world of Calathir and erected a shrine to the Dark Gods there. The act served to disrupt the Pariah Nexus, infuriating the Silent King and drawing the Necrons into conflict with the Word Bearers.
虽然阿巴顿没有亲自参与对驱灵死域的混沌入侵，但他还是以吞魂者的形式向瓦什托尔提供了援助，吞魂者是德莱克斯指挥的一支黑色军团战帮。虽然表面上是瓦什托尔的盟友，但龙林星上的吞魂者部队也充当了阿巴顿的间谍，监视恶魔。对瓦什托尔的额外援助已经以黑暗使徒扎基斯·阿蒙的怀言者的形式到来，他蹂躏了国教控制的卡拉蒂尔世界，并在那里为黑暗诸神建造了一座神殿。这一行为扰乱了驱灵死域，激怒了寂静王，并使死灵与怀言者发生冲突。
Magnus' eye has also turned towards the Pariah Nexus. Having foreseen at least one future where Vashtorr actually succeeds in his goal of becoming a true God of Chaos, he and the Cult of Prophecy have initiated a plan to halt the Arkifane's possible ascension. However operating within the Nexus is particularly painful to the Sorcerers of the Thousand Sons, and thus they have primarily deployed ancient pre-Heresy Automata and other robotic thralls from beneath Sortiarius. These forces are led by Suleyman Khefre of the Cult of Knowledge, who has invaded the Forzare System in search of Blackstone. He has since begun plundering the vaults of the Mechanicum in the region, coming into battle with the Imperium's own robotic terrors.
马格努斯的目光也转向了驱灵死域。在预见到至少一个未来，瓦什托尔实际上成功地实现了成为真正的混沌之神的目标后，他和预言学派发起了一项计划，以阻止造物者可能的升格。然而，在死域内操作对千子巫师来说尤其痛苦，因此他们主要从索提尔瑞斯下部署了古代叛乱前的自动机兵和其他机兵奴隶。这些部队由知识学派的苏莱曼·赫夫雷领导，他入侵弗扎雷星系寻找黑石。此后，他开始掠夺该地区机械教的秘库，与帝国自己的恐怖机兵作战。
The Pariah Nexus also piqued the curiosity of Fabius Bile. Seeing an opportunity to capture large amounts of new test subjects, he allied with the Flawless Host and struck at Restitution, the homeworld of the Gilded Sons Space Marine Chapter. The exhausted Gilded Sons had already repulsed several Necron assaults, and were thus overwhelmed by Bile's sudden Terata-led invasion. Bile was able to plunder the Gilded Sons Gene-Seed vault and escape, and his forces still haunt the fringes of the Nephilim Sector.
驱灵死域也激起了法比乌斯·拜尔的好奇心。看到有机会捕捉到大量新的测试对象，他与无暇之主结盟，在镀金之子星际战士战团的家园世界归还星进行了打击。精疲力尽的镀金之子已经击退了几次死灵的进攻，因此被拜尔突然领导的特拉塔入侵所淹没。拜尔成功掠夺了镀金之子的基因种子库并逃脱，他的部队仍然徘徊在拿非利星区的边缘。
